The Vice-Chancellor of Salem University, the first private university
in Kogi State, Prof. Joseph Adeola Afuwape, has announced scholarships
for some displaced persons from some troubled areas of the north.
He made this known at the institution’s first and second convocations.
He said the school has set up a foundation tagged: “Care Compassion Scheme” meant to assist the less privileged children.
He said it was the institution’s unique way of giving back to
humanity. He added that the university’s Chancellor, Bishop Sam Amaga,
had donated bore-holes and six tricycles to youths in the host community
and offered scholarship to the son of the traditional ruler of Jimbe
community, where the university is sited.
At the convocation, 217 students graduated from the university. Six
of the graduands were in the First Class category, while 92 others
graduated in the Second Class Upper Division. The rest – 109- finished
with Second Class Lower and 10 with a Pass.
The Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada, along with the Attah
Igala, Idakwo Ameh Oboni, were awarded honorary Masters of Business
Administration.
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